MEDIQ HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16M
Equity attributable
Employees
352
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£7M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MEDIQ HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED 2023-06-12 → present
- BUNZL RETAIL & HEALTHCARE SUPPLIES LIMITED 2007-09-28 → 2023-06-12
- BUNZL RETAIL SUPPLIES LIMITED 2000-01-28 → 2007-09-28
- BRIERLEY-ALMOND LIMITED 1899-06-13 → 2000-01-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £187,176,000 | £155,094,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,527,000 | -£4,481,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,568,000 | -£6,645,000 | |
| Net profit | -£4,919,000 | -£5,131,000 | |
| Cash | £10,264,000 | £7,971,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,238,000 | £38,834,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,354,000 | £16,223,000 | |
| Equity | £20,354,000 | £16,223,000 | |
| Average employees | 351 | 352 | |
| Wages | £15,775,000 | £14,411,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.0% | -2.9% | |
| Net margin | -2.6% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -23.8% | -11.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | -18.74x | -2.02x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Mediq Top Holding B.V. (ultimate parent) has confirmed its intention and ability to provide continued financial support to the company for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As a result, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MEDIQ HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED · parent
- H & R Healthcare UK Ltd
Significant events
- “The Company acquired the trade and assets of H & R Healthcare UK Ltd, another subsidiary of Mediq Holding UK Ltd, on 1 January 2025, with the intention of full integration into the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATT, Rory | Director | 2025-01-31 | Nov 1986 | British |
| CHOMYN, Stephanie Alexandra | Director | 2025-10-01 | Nov 1992 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSEY, Paul Nicholas | Secretary | 1999-09-24 | 2020-10-01 |
| JEFFERIES, Suzanne Isabel | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2022-12-19 |
| WARD, Hilary | Secretary | — | 1999-09-24 |
| ALBRECHTSEN, Jan Henning | Director | 2022-12-19 | 2023-04-12 |
| BACKHOUSE, Peter David | Director | 2008-03-17 | 2010-03-24 |
| BALL, Andrew James | Director | 2007-09-30 | 2011-10-10 |
| BALL, Andrew James | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-04-03 |
| BOON, Arthur Thomas | Director | — | 1991-07-15 |
| BUDGE, Charles Paul | Director | 2009-06-08 | 2016-06-15 |
| CARPENTER, Paul Kenneth Christopher | Director | 2024-04-15 | 2025-10-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Wayne Steven | Director | 2016-07-13 | 2018-06-07 |
| COCKERHAM, Helen Ruth | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2022-10-02 |
| CORNWELL, Richard | Director | 2022-12-19 | 2025-01-31 |
| CUNNINGHAM, James Alan | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| DOXEY, Barry | Director | — | 2001-07-17 |
| FAITHFULL, Duncan Thomas Edward | Director | 2007-06-04 | 2010-03-31 |
| GREENWAY, Jason | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2015-05-26 |
| GREENWAY, Richard Ian | Director | 2011-10-10 | 2024-05-30 |
| HIGSON, Martin Peter | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2007-03-16 |
| HILL, Jeremy | Director | 2022-10-02 | 2023-04-12 |
| HILL, Laurence Walter | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-19 |
| JOHNSON, Alexander Kitson | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2007-09-19 |
| JONES, Mark Andrew | Director | 2015-01-02 | 2018-06-07 |
| KANSTRUP, Christian | Director | 2022-12-19 | 2023-04-12 |
| KEAST, Andrew | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2004-11-09 |
| KILSHAW, William Harold | Director | — | 2003-03-10 |
| LESTER, Nancy Emma Sophia | Director | 1999-09-24 | 2005-03-08 |
| MAY, Brian Michael | Director | 1999-09-24 | 2006-04-03 |
| MOONEY, Andrew John | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2013-02-01 |
| RAYMAN, Jon Davis Emanuel | Director | 1998-06-04 | 1999-09-24 |
| SANDER, Christoph Paul | Director | 1999-09-24 | 2000-12-21 |
| SHERIFF, Frederick John Barry | Director | — | 2001-04-24 |
| STEWART, Paul Baron | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2013-01-01 |
| STOKES, Dale | Director | 2015-01-02 | 2016-07-13 |
| STOTT, James Alexander | Director | — | 1999-09-24 |
| STUBBS, Michael David | Director | 2007-09-30 | 2010-04-28 |
| TARRATT, George David Nicholas | Director | 2015-05-08 | 2022-01-01 |
| TEDBURY, Andrew James | Director | 2016-06-15 | 2022-12-19 |
| THOMPSON, Georgina Alexandra Elizabeth | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-05-08 |
| WAKEMAN, Christopher George | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| WALLWORK, David Melvyn | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2004-01-01 |
| WARD, Lance Nicolai | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| WARD, Peter John | Director | — | 2002-03-01 |
| WILKIE, Lindsay Alexander | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2022-10-02 |
| WILLIAMS, David Michael | Director | 1999-09-24 | 2005-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediq Holding Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-19 | Active |
| Bunzl Holding Gtl Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 242 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-12 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-07-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31